I have connected the remote connection wire, and amp turns on but no sound?

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i have connected remote wire now, and turn on car and amplifier light comes on but when i turn sub on nothing happens??? desperate help!! no noise or anything??
i have checked rca inputs and they're in their right place,
 
On some aftermarket decks the preamp outputs can be turned on and off in the radios settings. Check to see if this is the case. If your sub has high level inputs (speaker wire to the AMP) try connecting it. You might just have a bad amp. I have had that happen to me before. I wasted like 4 hours trouble shooting.
 
did you check the decks input from the RCA's to the amp, if there backwards or in the wrong input you wont get any bass sent to the amp, therefore the sub wont respond correctly.
 
have you set your gain yet? Also is your amplifiers filters properly set: for example, if it is for subwoofers, you would want the low pass filter set to 80 hz or so, if it is for mids/highs, you would probably want the high pass filter set to about 100 hz...this is depending on personal preference and the speakers though. And if your head unit has a crossover, is that properly set? Or head units Equalizer, best bet would be to make everything flat. Also if you have a dmm, I would check to make sure everything is putting out voltage and such.

oh yea like the last guy said, many head units have a setting that allows you to switch between the rca outputs and the onboard amplifiers outputs, you need to make sure it is going to your rca's. Your head units manual will tell you how to do that. There may also be a Sub-W on setting. Lots of places to check. Back when I was a newb I had that problem once lol. But I didn't have yahoo answers so your lucky in that respect. Good luck.

Also, you should probably join a car audio forum...I recommend
stevemeadedesigns.com
realmofexcursion.com
they have great forums, and those people are WAY more knowledgeable than what you will get on here.
 
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